Name: Brecht on Theatre
ISBN: 9780809005420

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Why This Clicks

Ideas for the Stage

Chronological essays trace Brecht’s thinking on theatre, from alienation effects to a fuller philosophy of drama.

Come here for

A close look at how directing, acting, and writing shape Epic Theatre
Critical writing alongside discussion of Brecht’s major plays

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Essays spanning 1918 to 1956
The concise, demanding pleasure of following an aesthetic take shape

Book Details

Authors: Bertolt Brecht, Steve Giles
Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux
Published: January 1, 1964
Format: Print & ebook
Theme: Theater History & Criticism · Playwriting
Reading lane: Theater History & Criticism

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About This Book

This volume offers a major selection of Bertolt Brecht's groundbreaking critical writing. Here, arranged in chronological order, are essays from 1918 to 1956, in which Brecht explores his definition of the Epic Theatre and his theory of alienation-effects in directing, acting, and writing, and discusses, among other works, The Threepenny Opera, Mahagonny, Mother Courage, Puntila, and Galileo . Also included is "A Short Organum for the Theatre," Brecht's most complete exposit...

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This volume offers a major selection of Bertolt Brecht's groundbreaking critical writing. Here, arranged in chronological order, are essays from 1918 to 1956, in which Brecht explores his definition of the Epic Theatre and his theory of alienation-effects in directing, acting, and writing, and discusses, among other works, The Threepenny Opera, Mahagonny, Mother Courage, Puntila, and Galileo . Also included is "A Short Organum for the Theatre," Brecht's most complete exposition of his revolutionary philosophy of drama. Translated and edited by John Willett, Brecht on Theater is essential to an understanding of one of the twentieth century's most influential dramatists.